Yeti Crab
Posted by: Loren Coleman on March 8th, 2006
I happen to have been away for almost three days, and what do you know, new animal discoveries keep being announced at a rapid rate. I’ve been traveling in California, filing postings early, and dealing with some interesting future projects. Nevertheless, I saw all the news of a new critter that has been called the "Yeti Crab" or a "Bigfoot Lobster."
Courtesy © Ifremer / A. Fifis Press Release; click on image for larger view.
One of the fastest ways to read about this one is to look to cryptozoology-friendly David Pescovitz at Boing Boing and his insights:
Scientists just announced the discovery of this strange new crustacean 900 miles south of Easter Island. According to a report in the journal of the National Museum of Natural History in Paris, divers first found the creature last year at a depth of 7,540 feet.
Also look this weekend to another friend’s comments. Steve Newman in his weekly feature, Earthweek, will highlight this discovery with a new symbol he’s created for such breaking news items.
By the way, being from Maine, a state famed for its lobsters, I must object to this new creature being called a "crab" by the media. 🙂 But, hey, I understand that "Yeti Crab" makes for a shorter headline than "Easter Island’s Bigfoot Lobster"!
About Loren Coleman
Loren Coleman is one of the world’s leading cryptozoologists, some say “the” leading living cryptozoologist. Certainly, he is acknowledged as the current living American researcher and writer who has most popularized cryptozoology in the late 20th and early 21st centuries.
Starting his fieldwork and investigations in 1960, after traveling and trekking extensively in pursuit of cryptozoological mysteries, Coleman began writing to share his experiences in 1969. An honorary member of Ivan T. Sanderson’s Society for the Investigation of the Unexplained in the 1970s, Coleman has been bestowed with similar honorary memberships of the North Idaho College Cryptozoology Club in 1983, and in subsequent years, that of the British Columbia Scientific Cryptozoology Club, CryptoSafari International, and other international organizations. He was also a Life Member and Benefactor of the International Society of Cryptozoology (now-defunct).
Loren Coleman’s daily blog, as a member of the Cryptomundo Team, served as an ongoing avenue of communication for the ever-growing body of cryptozoo news from 2005 through 2013. He returned as an infrequent contributor beginning Halloween week of 2015.
Coleman is the founder in 2003, and current director of the International Cryptozoology Museum in Portland, Maine.
Good eat’n.
There are articles about that crab in a lot of french newspaper! wonderful! 🙂
If that thing were found around Christmas, it might be called a Santa Crab!